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Lawmakers say that any effort to give members of Congress a raise won’t pass unless both parties agree not to use the issue as a campaign weapon.While no such agreement has been ironed out, there is a chance that there will be a bipartisan deal struck at some point this year.Proponents of the pay hike acknowledge it’s not popular but argue that it is long overdue.The effort got a significant boost Tuesday when House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthyKevin Owen McCarthyGOP leader, Ocasio-Cortez give boost to lawmaker pay hike GOP leader, Ocasio-Cortez give boost to lawmaker pay hike On The Money: Democrats set stage for next shutdown fight | House panel wraps up final 2020 spending bill | GOP senators, White House delay meeting on spending | Trump hits Fed over high interest rates MORE (R-Calif.) offered support for a pay bump, saying he doesn’t want Congress to be a place where only the wealthy can afford to serve.Freshman progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-CortezAlexandria Ocasio-CortezGOP leader, Ocasio-Cortez give boost to lawmaker pay hike GOP leader, Ocasio-Cortez give boost to lawmaker pay hike Booker praises Baltimore school that sends kids to yoga instead of detention MORE (D-N.Y.), meanwhile, forcefully made a case to her nearly 4.5 million Twitter followers, defending giving members of Congress the cost-of-living adjustment.That came after House Democratic leaders pulled a spending bill from the floor on Monday that would allow lawmakers to get a pay raise for the first time in a decade.At a press conference, McCarthy acknowledged the political sensitivity of a congressional raise but said it’s something legislators should consider.“I know when you talk this subject about a COLA, a cost-of-living increase, it does an invoke an emotion — kind of an impulsive emotion. For example, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee wouldn’t fully endorse the Democrat running against Newt GingrichNewton (Newt) Leroy GingrichMORE (Ga.) in 1990 because he made an issue of the then-House GOP whip’s vote in favor of a congressional pay raise.Freshman Rep. Dean PhillipsDean PhillipsGOP leader, Ocasio-Cortez give boost to lawmaker pay hike GOP leader, Ocasio-Cortez give boost to lawmaker pay hike Annual 'Will on the Hill' pokes fun at 2020 race MORE (D-Minn.), who flipped a GOP-held district last fall, said both sides would have to make the jump together.“Both sides have to lay down their arms and look at this in the context of in the private sector and in a lot of the public sector, cost of living increases are standard practice for good reason,” said Phillips, who added that he wouldn’t take a pay bump for himself if it went into effect.But the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) initially issued a press release last week blasting Democrats as “socialist elitists” for moving forward with the pay raise.

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